Comments for Spigit http://www.spigit.com Activate Your Crowd Thu, 02 Dec 2010 07:42:29 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on Innovation Mullet: Simple in the Front, Complex in the Back by Innovation posts of the week: The Innovation Matrix | Game-Changer http://www.spigit.com/spigit-blog/innovation-mullet-simple-in-the-front-complex-in-the-back#comment-36 Innovation posts of the week: The Innovation Matrix | Game-Changer Thu, 02 Dec 2010 07:42:29 +0000 http://www.spigit.com/?p=3154#comment-36 [...] Innovation Mullet: Simple in the Front, Complex in the Back by @bhc3   Author: Jorge Comments: View Comments Date: 21 Nov 2010 Categories: Must reads of the week Tags: Best practice, creative thinking, Creativity, Harvard Business Review, Innovation, Innovation and Idea Management, Knowledge Management [...] [...] Innovation Mullet: Simple in the Front, Complex in the Back by @bhc3   Author: Jorge Comments: View Comments Date: 21 Nov 2010 Categories: Must reads of the week Tags: Best practice, creative thinking, Creativity, Harvard Business Review, Innovation, Innovation and Idea Management, Knowledge Management [...]

]]> Comment on Innovation Mullet: Simple in the Front, Complex in the Back by Stu http://www.spigit.com/spigit-blog/innovation-mullet-simple-in-the-front-complex-in-the-back#comment-35 Stu Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:23:53 +0000 http://www.spigit.com/?p=3154#comment-35 Nice ideas, I like Hutch's reverse analogy. How many companies have the resources in place to offer ways for their employees to put ideas across like that apart from maybe a select few at the top? Stewart Higgins Intranet Expert <a href="http://www.vialect.com" rel="nofollow">Intranet Software</a> Nice ideas, I like Hutch’s reverse analogy. How many companies have the resources in place to offer ways for their employees to put ideas across like that apart from maybe a select few at the top?

Stewart Higgins
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]]> Comment on Innovation Mullet: Simple in the Front, Complex in the Back by Hutch Carpenter http://www.spigit.com/spigit-blog/innovation-mullet-simple-in-the-front-complex-in-the-back#comment-34 Hutch Carpenter Fri, 19 Nov 2010 21:07:03 +0000 http://www.spigit.com/?p=3154#comment-34 Well put Rick. It is a reverse mullet. That thought occurred as I wrote it, but I figured 'mullet' would get the point across. And you're right, back end has to take the crowdsourced submissions and do the hard organizational work of evaluating and implementing them. Once ideas get traction, they need to navigate through a complex organizational ecosystem. Hutch Well put Rick. It is a reverse mullet. That thought occurred as I wrote it, but I figured ‘mullet’ would get the point across.

And you’re right, back end has to take the crowdsourced submissions and do the hard organizational work of evaluating and implementing them. Once ideas get traction, they need to navigate through a complex organizational ecosystem.

Hutch

]]> Comment on Innovation Mullet: Simple in the Front, Complex in the Back by Hutch Carpenter http://www.spigit.com/spigit-blog/innovation-mullet-simple-in-the-front-complex-in-the-back#comment-33 Hutch Carpenter Fri, 19 Nov 2010 21:00:48 +0000 http://www.spigit.com/?p=3154#comment-33 Jose - I like that: "separate conflicting parts in time". A different perspective, but that's essentially what's proposed here. My personal bias is toward making it as easy as possible, and then build to the back-end to address them. I do believe that the crowd has a role in distributed identification of best ideas. Hutch Jose –

I like that: “separate conflicting parts in time”. A different perspective, but that’s essentially what’s proposed here.

My personal bias is toward making it as easy as possible, and then build to the back-end to address them. I do believe that the crowd has a role in distributed identification of best ideas.

Hutch

]]> Comment on Innovation Mullet: Simple in the Front, Complex in the Back by Hutch Carpenter http://www.spigit.com/spigit-blog/innovation-mullet-simple-in-the-front-complex-in-the-back#comment-32 Hutch Carpenter Fri, 19 Nov 2010 20:58:10 +0000 http://www.spigit.com/?p=3154#comment-32 Thanks Jack - I have read some on TRIZ, but still need to become more steeped in its principles. I'll take any links you have for good resources. Hutch Thanks Jack – I have read some on TRIZ, but still need to become more steeped in its principles. I’ll take any links you have for good resources.

Hutch

]]> Comment on Innovation Mullet: Simple in the Front, Complex in the Back by Rick Smyers http://www.spigit.com/spigit-blog/innovation-mullet-simple-in-the-front-complex-in-the-back#comment-31 Rick Smyers Fri, 19 Nov 2010 20:16:31 +0000 http://www.spigit.com/?p=3154#comment-31 Actually, I think a better analogy is a "reverse mullet" - party in the front, business in the back. Up front, the more the merrier - minimal effort and lots of cross-pollination. At the back end, you get down to business - hard numbers, deadlines, deliverables, and responsibilities. Actually, I think a better analogy is a “reverse mullet” – party in the front, business in the back. Up front, the more the merrier – minimal effort and lots of cross-pollination. At the back end, you get down to business – hard numbers, deadlines, deliverables, and responsibilities.

]]> Comment on Innovation Mullet: Simple in the Front, Complex in the Back by Jose M Vicente Gomila http://www.spigit.com/spigit-blog/innovation-mullet-simple-in-the-front-complex-in-the-back#comment-30 Jose M Vicente Gomila Fri, 19 Nov 2010 18:35:43 +0000 http://www.spigit.com/?p=3154#comment-30 Your approach applies a TRIZ principle: separateconflicting parts in time. You put easy in the front end and thorough in the last part.Good point indeed. I may have some doubt: if all people is encouraged to submit ideas through an easy process, perhaps you need many people to analyze them. Besides, as such ideas may come in different states (fro raugh to more elaborated) your analists should be business knowledgeable. Anyway very interesting! Regards Your approach applies a TRIZ principle: separateconflicting parts in time. You put easy in the front end and thorough in the last part.Good point indeed. I may have some doubt: if all people is encouraged to submit ideas through an easy process, perhaps you need many people to analyze them. Besides, as such ideas may come in different states (fro raugh to more elaborated) your analists should be business knowledgeable. Anyway very interesting!
Regards

]]> Comment on Innovation Mullet: Simple in the Front, Complex in the Back by Jack Hipple http://www.spigit.com/spigit-blog/innovation-mullet-simple-in-the-front-complex-in-the-back#comment-29 Jack Hipple Fri, 19 Nov 2010 17:30:05 +0000 http://www.spigit.com/?p=3154#comment-29 I find this a fascinating example of resolving the contradiction between convenience in use vs. system complexity. The 60 year old TRIZ contradiction table tells us that the solutions to this contradiction can come from "disposing" (getting rid of what we don't need) and copying (using information that is already in a data base). I am amazed that it took this long for someone to figure this out! I find this a fascinating example of resolving the contradiction between convenience in use vs. system complexity. The 60 year old TRIZ contradiction table tells us that the solutions to this contradiction can come from “disposing” (getting rid of what we don’t need) and copying (using information that is already in a data base). I am amazed that it took this long for someone to figure this out!

]]> Comment on Designing idea markets for social innovation communities by Edwin http://www.spigit.com/spigit-blog/designing-idea-markets-for-social-innovation-communitie#comment-12 Edwin Tue, 02 Nov 2010 07:30:10 +0000 http://www.spigit.com/?p=145#comment-12 new and innovative ideas have always fascinated me..at large new and innovative ideas have always fascinated me..at large

]]> Comment on Incentives DO work, monetary rewards may not! by Andy Davis http://www.spigit.com/spigit-blog/incentives-do-work-monetary-rewards-may-not#comment-14 Andy Davis Sun, 31 Oct 2010 15:11:55 +0000 http://www.spigit.com/?p=167#comment-14 Hi, I'm afraid that there is nothing here which proves or disproves the arguments for incentives. proposing that an incentive must work "by definition" is weak at best. Google incentives don't work, read Punished by Rewards (Alfie Kohn) or see Dan Pink on You Tube. There is a world of scientific literature out there that says incentives don't work and actually can cause harm. Try the global banking crisis and the sub-prime fiasco. A white collar crime driven by incentives. Hi,

I’m afraid that there is nothing here which proves or disproves the arguments for incentives. proposing that an incentive must work “by definition” is weak at best. Google incentives don’t work, read Punished by Rewards (Alfie Kohn) or see Dan Pink on You Tube. There is a world of scientific literature out there that says incentives don’t work and actually can cause harm. Try the global banking crisis and the sub-prime fiasco. A white collar crime driven by incentives.

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